Remembering 9/11

Re-post

The 9/11…

Remembering this day that was 16 years ago at the World Trade Center

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, New York City

(NEW YORK CITY Blog Series) 

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTS

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTS

National Historic Landmark

(NEW YORK CITY Blog Series)

 

If you love visiting museums and appreciate its arts, then The Metropolitan Museum of Art at 1000 5^th Avenue could be one of your best bet around New York City.  My last visit made me in awe; the façade alone is already a treat.  The wide stairways at the entrance provide a good sitting area for the tired and hungry.  There are some Snapple and Hotdogs sellers out front!

TITANIC: The Legendary 104th year!

Are you always intrigued by the legendary Titanic? The infamous ship is now 104 years old to be exact by April 15, 2016 dating back from its maiden voyage.

I am as intrigued as you are! Well enough to satisfy my curiosity, I visited the Merseyside Maritime Museum in Liverpool, England to see what’s of remains the shipwreck (at least, the least thing I could do). ‘Got photos of some of the items collected from some of their expeditions.

Today, researchers are still mapping the Titanic debris field hoping it will provide new clues about what exactly happened the night 100 years ago when the superliner hit an iceberg and plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic.

True enough, who couldn’t be interested than these generations of different film production outfit that made it into TV and movies? The most famous though was the latest from James Cameron that has come out again, in 3D in time for its 100th anniversary in April 15.

The film is not short of intrigues itself, I remember a British woman friend of mine once told me that she was saved from food poisoning from the location shoot in Mexico when she finally decided not to come up for the shooting as crowd extra. The catering company commissioned for the shoot seems mishandled the services.

Tidbits:

The Titanic movie actor's (Billy Zane) dialogue once said: “Even God Himself cannot sink this ship!” They thought it is unsinkable, well then, it sunk!

But one of its contemporaries also once said: “Only God can sail this ship!” Well then, it is still voyaging up to this day, the MV Doulos (former name SS Medina in 1914), the oldest active ocean-faring passenger ship. The ship like no other!

Travel back through time looking at these photos below:

Come and visit this place!

Nostalgic over larger than life 3D version of the Titanic movie?  I do, as for me, this is the greatest movie of our time ever made!



STONEHENGE

The ancient stone circle of Stonehenge is unique, an exceptional survival from a prehistoric culture now lost to us. 

 

The monument evolved between 3,000 BC and 1,600 BC.  It is aligned with the midsummer sunrise and winter sunset, but it's exact purpose remains a mystery.

 

Today, this World Heritage Site is a source of inspiration and fascination and, for many, a place of worship and celebration.

 

-English Heritage

 

 

 

The STONEHENGE is located in

Wiltshire, England

 

Al Zubarah joins UNESCO World Heritage List

        I just thought that this article deserve a second look from the international and local tourists alike.  I have been living here in Qatar for the last eighteen years and never been in this place.  I’ll wait for the winter season as the scorching hot desert temperature is very unforgiving at this time of the year. Surely, I will not leave any stone unturned when I explore this new world heritage site!

The Al Zubarah Fort - Qatar

DOHA: Al Zubarah Archeological Site, a traditional pearl fishing town located on the north-western coast of Qatar, has entered the Unesco World Heritage List.

It is the first Qatari site to be included in the international register joining the 911 natural and cultural properties worldwide. The decision was announced yesterday at the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee conference in Cambodia.

Al Zubarah is one of the largest and best preserved examples of an 18th-19th century traditional pearl fishing and merchant towns in the Gulf. A coastal town that is now abandoned, Al Zubarah is situated about 100 km north-west of Doha. Founded in the mid-18th century, the town developed into a centre for pearl fishing and international trade, and rose to become the country’s largest and most important settlement. The town was abandoned by the mid-20th century. Al Zubarah Archaeological Site covers an area of 60 hectares with remains of houses, mosques, large fortified buildings and a market.

Entry to the Unesco World Heritage List is a unique opportunity for the country to build local and international awareness for the site and the values of the World Heritage Convention. Other sites that hold this title include the Yellowstone Natural Park in the US and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

Sheikh Hassan bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani, vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of Qatar Museums Authority (QMA), who was present at the Unesco event said the decision follows the “enormous effort by Qatar in ensuring the preservation and conservation of this historical site, leading it to be internationally recognised for its human legacy, specially that Al Zubarah is significant to many of Gulf nationals”.

Al Zubarah was first reported as an archaeological site by a Danish-led team of archaeologists in the 1950s, and then excavated by Danish and Qatari teams.

As a result of the studies conducted at the site, a large number of archaeological finds from the 18th-19th centuries are now part of the National Museum of Qatar’s (NMoQ) permanent collection, and will be featured in the museum galleries, QMA said yesterday. - The Peninsula

http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/242402-al-zubarah-joins-unesco-world-heritage-list.html